# Georgia HB 224: Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize

Georgia HB 224, Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shaw Blackmon (Republican), Josh Bonner (Republican), Bill Hitchens (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 224
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), Josh Bonner (Republican), Bill Hitchens (Republican), Steven Sainz (Republican), Vance Smith (Republican), Al Williams (Democrat)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Transportation, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (223 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Georgia can build military base roads: benefit, low. Georgia's transportation department can now build or maintain private roads on military bases or installations. The work requires an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense or another federal entity. All money for the work must come from those federal entities, not state or local funds. Outsi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Josh Bonner (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Bill Hitchens (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Steven Sainz (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Vance Smith (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Al Williams (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Chuck Payne (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 51 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-03-06 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 172 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-13: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-13: Act 180
- 2025-04-09: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-02-28: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-02-05: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-04: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-03: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 224/AP* (v3): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239288)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 224/AP* (v3) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239288)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB224-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).